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because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. or treat gas with these after you get it. now that's like sunblock before or sun burn cream later. oh, somebody out there's saying, now i get it! take beano before and there'll be no gas. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." john boehner's failure to get support for his plan b is probably the worst possible outcome for the republicans in these fiscal cliff negotiations. let's bring in msnbc political contributor steve benen of the maddow blog and also michael tomasky, special correspondent for "newsweek" and the daily beast. well, gentlemen, we've had a lot unfold here over the last half hour. john boehner may be one of the weakest speakers of the house ever. he could not get
because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. or treat gas with these after you get it. now that's like sunblock before or sun burn cream later. oh, somebody out there's saying, now i get it! take beano...
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but the larger question is what is going to happen to america. what's going to go -- >> they don't care. they don't seem to care, do they? >> well, that's not the entire republican caucus. there's a large percentage of the republican caucus that is rational on this issue even though they may not be exactly where we are in the democratic caucus. these votes can be put together. speaker boehner, would you really be serious about what's good for america? we can put the president's plan on the table, on the floor tomorrow, and it would pass with republican votes if speaker boehner is willing to put his speakership at risk. >> you think it would pass? you think the president's plan would pass if boehner were to bring it up? >> i think it has a very good chance of passing. it's a compromise all the way through. and it has the balance of cuts and taxes. it's a good plan. there are things in it that i don't like. as i said on your show earlier, i'm willing to compromise and do what's good for america. >> and congressman cummings, is it an intriguing ques
but the larger question is what is going to happen to america. what's going to go -- >> they don't care. they don't seem to care, do they? >> well, that's not the entire republican caucus. there's a large percentage of the republican caucus that is rational on this issue even though they may not be exactly where we are in the democratic caucus. these votes can be put together. speaker boehner, would you really be serious about what's good for america? we can put the president's plan...
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all those states together, holy smokes, that's the rust belt of america. it's the breadbasket of union membership in this country. so look at a these right-to-work states. they almost always go republican. so what the gop is missing is what? the rust belt. that's right. if they can crack the democratic hold on the rust belt, they can cobble together electoral victories. keep in mind none of those michigan republicans ran on a right-to-work platform because if they had, they would never have been elected to the house or senate in that state. they were mum's the word. they were pretty quiet about that. but, you know, once they got in, here comes the big money interests like the koch brothers. they are now pulling all the levers of government in the shadows in every state they possibly can. right wing groups reportedly threatened michigan senate majority leader randy richardsville, threatened his leadership post and promised him a primary challenge in 2014 if he refused to move on this right-to-work legislation. he did. it passed, it's signed, now it's law. t
all those states together, holy smokes, that's the rust belt of america. it's the breadbasket of union membership in this country. so look at a these right-to-work states. they almost always go republican. so what the gop is missing is what? the rust belt. that's right. if they can crack the democratic hold on the rust belt, they can cobble together electoral victories. keep in mind none of those michigan republicans ran on a right-to-work platform because if they had, they would never have...
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because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. [ male announcer ] if someone asks what it feels like to drive a jeep grand cherokee, tell them it's like being nestled in an eight-way, adjustable, heated and ventilated seat surrounded by a 500-watt sound system while floating on a suspension made of billowy clouds. or you could just hand them your keys. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. over the past two years, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke has repeatedly asked congress to do something to help the economy. well, democrats and president obama have put a number of major bills, job bills on the table, but boehner and mcconnell and that crowd, they've just done nothing. it's a do
because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. [ male announcer ] if someone asks what it feels like to drive a jeep grand cherokee, tell them it's like being nestled in an eight-way, adjustable, heated...
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because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. >>> of course, we love hearing from our viewers on our twitter and facebook page. earlier we asked you to sum up the legacy of joe lieberman who is retiring and delivered his farewell address on the senate floor today. not a favorite of lefties at all. sheryl says she'll remember lieberman as the man who killed the public option because he feared it would lead to single payer. adios. karen said on her facebook page, lieberman was the guy who left the democratic party and thought sarah palin would be a good vice president. and carol newman describes lieberman as a man who turned from caring about people to only caring about war. keep sharing your thoughts with us on our face
because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. >>> of course, we love hearing from our viewers on our twitter and facebook page. earlier we asked you to sum up the legacy of joe lieberman who is...